PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-536
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 536
JULY 1997
MLRS .±²
Lower Boom with PM
Dear EditoR
We work in an ML±S shop and we've noticed crews aren't paying
attention to the boom rails and the hoist positioning assembly on
the launcher loader module (LLM).
They seem to think that
once you put a few globs of
grease on the rails and the
hoist you can pretty much
forget about them. ²hat's a
big mistake³
The ML±S throws up a lot
of dirt du´Ing travel³ ²he dirt
mixes with the grease³ Soon
the grease starts scouring
Give raIl buttons A
l±ght coAt of greAse
parts instead of greasing them and parts wear out fast, especially
the handcrank and jack screw³ ±eplacing ML±S parts costs big
bucks.
Units
w²L
save those bucks µf aFer every mission they clean the
boom rails like
³
says in Para 3-9f of
T
9¶1425¶646·10¶1 and clean
the hoist positioning assembly like it says in Para 3-9h³ ¸n addition,
put a thin coat of
´µµ
on each of the nylon buttons on the rails to
cut down friction³
Ps536
Ch´¹s Kehl
±icky Houchens
F
KnoXº KY
19
JUl97
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